Risk Assessment

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Fans of the IKEA Jansjo clip-on LED spotlight might like to review their 'risk assessment'

My wife clipped her lamp onto the edge of the ironing board … and the clip failed rather spectacularly under the pressure applied by its own spring.

No harm was done, but … if it had been clamped over a lathe or mill, things might have gone badly.

MichaelG.

[jason udallParticipant @jasonudall57142]

Posted by Martin Kyte on 10/08/2016 12:33:29:

I think that was done on one of the confocals using florescence although I could be wrong. I didn't get involved in the imaging side on that occasion. Regarding Fly-cutters they do have to dissect the brains out of the fly. We are talking Drosophila Melanogastor (Fruit flies) rather than great big Bluebottles.

Martin

Good old D Mel….

Time flies like an arrow. …

Fruit flies like a Banana

[Nick HulmeParticipant @nickhulme30114]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 25/08/2016 22:13:46:

. if it had been clamped over a lathe or mill, things might have gone badly.

MichaelG.

Pink?

In The Workshop?

I Think Not Old Chap!

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 25/08/2016 22:13:46:

Fans of the IKEA Jansjo clip-on LED spotlight might like to review their 'risk assessment'

My wife clipped her lamp onto the edge of the ironing board … and the clip failed rather spectacularly under the pressure applied by its own spring.

I found that the end of the "bendy" was threaded 8×1 mm. I don't have a suitable tap but 5/16" x 26 which I do have is close enough. Married to a magnet from an old hard disk works pretty well in the workshop for a machine light. I'd be confident enough in my masculinity to have a pink one

Rod

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

Posted by Nick Hulme on 17/09/2016 13:48:11:

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 25/08/2016 22:13:46:

. if it had been clamped over a lathe or mill, things might have gone badly.

MichaelG.

Pink?

In The Workshop?

I Think Not Old Chap!

My sister in law gave me a pink electric screwdriver for Christmas. Not my favourite colour but it works very well indeed. I had to wonder what the makers had in mind when they selected the colour, do they intend to offer lathes and milling machines to match?

Dave

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Nick Hulme on 17/09/2016 13:48:11:

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 25/08/2016 22:13:46:

. if it had been clamped over a lathe or mill, things might have gone badly.

MichaelG.

Pink?

In The Workshop?

I Think Not Old Chap!

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Isn't it typical ?

I post a safety warning, and no-one responds for more than three weeks

… and when somebody does comment, it's 'comedy'.

MichaelG.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Roderick Jenkins on 17/09/2016 14:20:40:

I found that the end of the "bendy" was threaded 8×1 mm. I don't have a suitable tap but 5/16" x 26 which I do have is close enough. Married to a magnet from an old hard disk works pretty well in the workshop for a machine light. I'd be confident enough in my masculinity to have a pink one

Rod

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There's evidently more than one version, Rod

['product improvement' and all that]

The one that snapped has its 6mm [ish] gooseneck directly bonded into a plastic boss.

MichaelG.

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